An Open Letter to Jared Leto

Hi. As longtime admirers of your face-slash-hair-slash-body (oh! And your work, of course) we couldn't help but notice the question you recently posed on Instagram, reading: "Should I cut off this hippy hair?"

The answer, Jared, if our opinion matters at all to you, is yes. YES. YES. YES.

You see, we've dreamt of looking into your baby blues, of touching that once silky hair since middle school. And, often, we would one-sidedly gaze at you when you'd grace the pages of our Bop and Tiger Beat magazines. Because you were just, well, beautiful. And for that, we thank you.

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Back then, there was no question of whether you were wearing men's or women's clothing, or if you showered regularly, or what the heck was layered on top of your fingernails. Instead of making god-awful music, you spent your days embodying one of the sexiest pseudo bad boys to ever grace TV.

We know, we know, you've "grown up" since your Jordan Catalano days. You want to be "taken seriously" as a musician and perhaps shed the boy toy image that made you famous. We get it. But do you have to look so...how can we say this...dirty?

So, please—for the love of all things holy—cut that stringy mess you're calling hair. Do it for the ladies, Jared. For the ladies.